With all the scandals that have tarnished Hillary Clinton’s candidacy so far, the liberal media is desperately searching for the skeletons in the closet among the GOP field. What they’ve actually turned up, however, is pathetic: Rubio’s “luxury” (Read: fishing) boat, parking and traffic violations, and a less than optimal ‘Scarlet Letter’ law during Bush’s tenure as governor which he eventually repealed. What it boils down to is that they’ve got nothing on the GOP field and have become the brunt of jokes, even among leftist comedians. What’s worse, the same New York Times that chided Rubio for his fiscal irresponsibility also endorsed Hillary in 2008—right around the time its charity accepted money from her (they’ve called the report “preposterous”). Politico is trying to deflect criticisms about the Clintons’ outrageous speaking fees by pointing out former President George W. Bush got paid a lot for speaking engagements, too. The big difference, of course, is that Bush isn’t running for president and as Matt points out, “He doesn’t have a nonprofit that’s been labeled a “slush fund.” He hasn’t approved arms deals after foreign governments have given to said fake, hypothetical Bush nonprofit, and both Laura and George of them were never in a position to approve certain foreign business deals that could have impacted national security policy (i.e. Uranium One deal) wherein speaking fees were involved.”

And finally, in other campaign and election news, New Hampshire Republicans penned a letter to Fox News asking them to change their proposed debate rules and the next day they did. The Iowa straw poll has been cancelled. And former Olympian/figure skating world champ Michelle Kwan joined Clinton’s campaign staff. Clinton also joined Instagram, posting a photo of her red, white and blue pant suits with the caption “hard choices.”

Overseas, the rise of ISIS shows no signs of abating. The Iraqi military still in shambles and ISIS threatening the outskirts of Baghdad is a recipe for disaster. The terrorist group also reportedly has enough material to build a dirty bomb.

Obama is not happy with the Supreme Court for taking up an Obamacare subsidy case, while conservatives’ relationship with the court is, shall we say, complicated. Regarding police shootings, a judge in Cleveland found probable cause to charge the officers involved in the Tamir Rice shooting, and in South Carolina, the police who shot Walter Scott have been indicted on murder charges. A federal judge, meanwhile, would like to know the status of Lois Lerner’s “lost” emails. By the way, the GOP is finally looking to squeeze the IRS through proposed budget cuts.

Political Correctness

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has doubled down, slamming the level of political correctness in the country, and Fox News’ Megyn Kelly wonders if Americans are sick of this PC nonsense. While we’re on the subject, Townhall Media’s Guy Benson and Mary Katharine Ham have a new book out, “End of Discussion: How the Left’s Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun).” In the book, which has chapters devoted to the policing of speech and the war on comedy, Benson and Ham “expose how the Left exploits fake outrage to silence their political opponents—in public, on social media, at work, and even in their own homes.” You should definitely check it out.

-A little girl’s lemonade stand was shut down…in Texas because, you know, they needed a permit from the Health Department.

-Children in Florida were taken away from their parents for a month for waiting alone (playing basketball) in backyard. The parents were stuck in traffic and the kids were alone for all of 90 minutes when a neighbor called the police on them. The parents now face criminal charges.

-In a case of thought crime, a school principal was reassigned for defending a police officer on Facebook over how the officer handled a situation involving a group of rowdy teens at a pool party in McKinney, Texas.